I read that the British have pulled out of that one area and now our troops rely on air lifts to get their supplies. In such a case, what are the chances of supplies ever reaching them?
The overall situation is not too bad.
Most all the supplies come overland via truck convoy from Kuwait. Only the remote outposts are air supplied. There is little the Iranians could do to thwart this long term. The biggest weakness is, except for sensitive or high value supplies the bulk of material is driven by private contractors who have the option to cut and run if things get tough..
Iran could possible effect a few air raids with limited sucess, they could also launch a ground offensive with tens or hundreds of thousands of fresh and well armed troops. This would wreak some havoc but our vastly superior airpower would result in the loss of a decent percentage of Irans ground forces and the lines would be reestablished in short order...
Iran, without help from Russian or Chinese troops or tactical nukes is pretty impotent in the face of overwhelming US air superiority..
our boys and girls will be sitting there like fish in a barrel, totally surrounded by the enemy.
They already are. Pretty much every Iraqi man woman and child would relish killing our troops. Our superior weapons and tactics have effectively destroyed any organised resistance and its obvious ѕυιcιdє to try and attack our troops, a fact which is illustrated on a daily basis.
Irans biggest threats are naval and oil based blackmail.
Their Onyx and Sunburn missiles are formidable. If they get one within 400 or 600 klicks of our carriers we lose a carrier or other capital ship. We have no countermeasures. It could get ugly..
Their biggest advatage is oil blackmail. By destroying say Ras Tunera with a shortrange missile, something easily within their capability, they effectively short off some 40% of Earths oil. This would have an immediate effect on the Western world. Our economies would implode. Millions if not billions would starve if the oil flow was not immediately restored, and it wouldnt be. A ship sank in a couple of key places in the Straights of Hormuz would have the same effect. It would be akin to nuclear attack, just more protracted...